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I love that the biological part is coming. But the different perspective of thinking about it makes me ponder too.

I have already appreciated Paul’s model in my bio lab, when the class were discussing about diversity and evolution. From the model, we can tell one thing special from Darwinism which includes the intraspecies and interspecies competition, environmental pressure, and the claim that diversity exists at the beginning of the world and it is fixed. While in the model, we can see that the parental generation (not just one female and one male but a mix-gender group with comparatively similar characters) owns limited number of properties for the two characters in x and y axises. But when they start reproduction, the properties in this population tend to be diversified over time. And with random separations and combinations in genes (which is first studies by Mendel), or say pangens(the way Darwin tries to explain for genes ), the 2-dimentional graph in the certain area will be almost filled up. This difference shows that the change in properties occurs over time by free and random separations and combinations of genes, also by a loose environment which won’t be too tough to allow only one type of a species to survive. And the change of telling the biological story occurs when scientists have more observation and developed technology to prove their assumption.

The initial motivation, which I believe it exists, doesn’t come from an exclusive intelligence. We can say that different factors with tremendous amounts in environment, intraspecies and interspecies come to the big natural selection which decides the direction of evolution. We can also say that different story-telling with tremendous amounts in culture background, location, time makes the big human-made selection which decides the direction of creation stories.

There can hardly be an exact beginning, for no one could name the time when the first organic molecule came into being. There can hardly be an objective observer, who can stand out of any species in the world to judge or record everything.

But the eternity stands in a different way of living. For one life, it may couldn’t last forever, whether for an ephemeron or a sea turtle. But as one species still exist on earth, the genes, the records and proofs of their ancestors’ lives, are there. Just like what Henrietta cells means to some extent. This eternity is not worshiped by an individual, but it affects our recognition of long lasting. Esp. for those who believe in god and soul. When the life is gone, but the cells and genes are there, who generates/carries the soul?